Endless loop or grommet



Aug. E923.

ENDLESS LOOP OR zum@ agg@ 2s,

W'ith this improved construction it Will be manifest that there isprovided an end! less .loop or groininet constructed from an endlesswire, a portionof the wire constitute ing a core therefor.y In Figuresl'and 4 of the drawing the loop or grommet is shown as being constructedfrom a single wire.

4In Figures 5 and 6 there is illustrated.

what islnown as a nineteen wire strand construction, there being sixstrands 16 Wrapped about the core 17, and twelve strands 18 wrappedabout the strands 16. In constructing this form of loop or grommet, andin order that the last strands or wraps will forni a smooth or regularouter surface, so as to prevent the outer strands from being placedwithin the grooves 2 three. Obviously this improved loop or' formedbetween adjacent strands of the'next inner most layer, the angle of thewrap or lay of the 4outermost strands 18 is changed,

so that the strands will 'assume the positions shown in Figure 6.'. 1

In Figures' 7 and' 8 there is illustrated what is known as a seven wireor seven cable lconstruction' each of the strands 19 are formed of sevenstrands, six of the strands 20 being Wrapped about the core strand 21.These strands l19 thus -forined are wrapped about the, portion 22 whichlatter constitutes the core and the extremity of lthe core and the laststrands'are secured together in 'the same manner, as described inFigures one to grominet may` bev constructed of any materialsuitable'for the purpose, the manner l of forming thevjoint between theextremity of the strand being varied according to the nature of thematerial being employed.

While the preferred forms of the invention have'herein been shown anddescribed it is tol be understood that various changes may be made inthe details of construction.

and in' lthe combination and arrangement of the several parts, withinvthe scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of thisinvention.

What is claimed as new is:

1. As an article .of manufacture a loo or Y grommet embodying a core,the body o 4the loop being formed from a continuation of the corewrapped or laid around the core,

'the'end ofthe core and the end of the ,wrapped portion being securedtogether;

2. As an article of manufacture a loop or rommet embodying a core, thebody of the oop being formed from a continuation of the core Wrapped orlaid around the core, the end of the core and the end of the Wrappedportion being secured together, the joint thus formed being embeddedwithin and encompossed by the body strands.

3. As an' article of manufacture an endmessie less loop or gromnietembodying a core and a body portion formed by wrapping or lay.

ing a plurality 'of strandsabout the core, all of said strandsbeingform'ed from' a single continuous piece of material, the core'forining a continuation of the strands, the extremity of lthe last wrapor -lay of the strands and the extremity ofthe core being securedtogether.

4:. As an article of manufacture an endless loop or grommet embodying acore andV a body portion formed by wrapping or laying a plurality or.strands aboutv the core, all of said strands being formed from a singlecontinuous piece. of material, the core forming a continuation of thestrands','the extreniityl of the last wrap or lay ofthe' strands and theextremity of the core being secured together, the joint thus formedbeing embedded and concealed within the body portion oi the wrap. n

5. The method of constructing an endless i I .which consists in forminga core from one .end of the wire, then Vwrapping or laying the remainingportion of the wire about the core, then separating the strands of thebody to gain access to the extremity .of the core, then securing thesaid extremityfof the last strand. together, and then forcing into thebody of the loop, the joint thus formed, and

finally stretching the loop to draw the sepa-` rated strandsback intoclose proximity.

71A re-eniorcing ring for automobile' tiresJ comprising a'continuouswire Winding forming a plurality of strands with the ends of the wirejoined and surrounded by the other strands. A j

8. The' method of forming -re-fenforcing rings for automobile tirescoinprising'the continuous winding of wire to forni a1 plurality oi'strands, joining'the ends of the wire to each other, arrangingthe'wiresto` surround the joint with the continuous strands, and securing theWires in this relation.

In testimony whereof have signedmy name to this speciiication, on this21st day of June, A.. D. 1922. ,i i'

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